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We’re a home for stories that linger. In 2017, I reached out to Candace Rardon, a writer and artist whose watercolor sketches I’d admired for years. Up until that point, I’d only edited traditional essays for Longreads, but I wanted to experiment with illustrated personal narratives. We brainstormed a visual direction, and the final piece […]
“So many people are nearsighted on the island nation that they have already glimpsed what could be coming for the rest of us.”
“Biggie. Tupac. DMX. We pay tribute to 63 stars who died too young.”
“If you had to store something for 100 years, how would you do it?”
“Twenty years ago, she dropped Baduizm, the album that created a genre. I wanted to know how she did it and found something I hadn’t bargained for.”
Featuring notable stories by Antonia Cundy, Adrian Walker, Evan Allen, Elizabeth Koh, Andrew Ryan, Kristin Nelson, Brendan McCarthy, Frederick Kaufman, Lygia Navarro, and Judith Hannah Weiss.
“They say Meta failed to help them and to take OBN and other account manipulators seriously.”
“How Tulsa cops brought down a $500 million catalytic converter crime ring.”
For 13 years, police failed to scrutinize the man now accused of the infamous murders. Why did it take so long?
“Channel 5 has gone from upstart YouTube channel to undeniably influential reporting powerhouse. And they’re just getting started.”
